News & Culture
A Black Communist’s Disappearance in Stalin’s Russia
What happened to Lovett Fort-Whiteman, the only known African American to die in the Gulag?
By Joshua Yaffa
Who Gets to Escape the Taliban
The chaotic U.S. withdrawal forced individual soldiers, aid workers, and journalists to decide which Afghans would be saved.
By Jane Ferguson
Two Crime Crusaders at the N.Y.C. Mayoral Debate
Eric Adams and Curtis Sliwa met onstage to talk about the future.
By Eric Lach
Andrew Yang’s Third-Party Aspirations
The entrepreneur turned politician makes the case for his new project, the Forward Party.
By Isaac Chotiner
Mourning What You Were Never Fond Of
By Françoise Mouly and Genevieve Bormes
Art by R. Kikuo Johnson
Puzzles & Games
Name Drop
A quiz that tests your knowledge of notable people, published every weekday.
Crossword
A thrice-weekly puzzle that ranges from lightly to considerably challenging.
Cryptic Crossword
A weekly puzzle for lovers of wily wordplay.
Caption Contest
We provide a cartoon, you provide a caption.
Spotlight
What Does Kyrsten Sinema Really Want?
The Arizona senator seems bent on proving to the world that she is not like other Democrats.
By Lizzie Widdicombe
Trader Joe Wrote a Memoir
The book is a sort of “Kitchen Confidential” for the grocery business, but without the drugs or rage.
By Carrie Battan
A Newly Released Coltrane Tape
This live recording, from 1965, shows the saxophonist’s band at the breaking point of avant-garde inspirations.
By Richard Brody
Healing Dual Traumas at a Wildlife Sanctuary
In “Mama,” a survivor of sexual abuse finds an unusual place of refuge.
Film by Pablo de la Chica
Text by Anna Boots
Young Thug Defies Expectations Again
His new album, “Punk,” is a brilliant surprise.
By Sheldon Pearce
A Syrian Seed Bank’s Fight to Survive
Scientists have raced to safeguard a newly precious resource: plants that can thrive in a changing climate.
By Helen Sullivan
Four Years Embedded with the N.Y.P.D.
Jill Freedman set out to create a clear-eyed portrait of the police. What she made was something more complicated.
By Vince Aletti
Two Plays Bring the Unexpected to Broadway
“Is This a Room” and “Chicken & Biscuits” rise above their pre-Broadway origins.
By Alexandra Schwartz
Daily Cartoon
In Focus
The Coronavirus Crisis
Coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak, from the science of vaccines to the culture of quarantine.
Racial Injustice and Policing
Black Lives Matter, police brutality, and the long history of racism in America.
Dept. of Returns
Stories of life after the vaccine.
The Future of Democracy
An exploration of democracy in America.
From This Week’s Issue
Tad Friend on MasterClass and the allure of expertise , Sheelah Kolhatkar on an adoption scammer , Paul McCartney on his lyrics , and more.
Humor
A Taxonomy of Migraines
The Puddin’ Pop, the Headbanger’s Ball, the Glitter Bomb, and more.
By Erica Lies
How I Plan to Knock My Baby Down a Peg
The best part of having a baby will be making him wear humiliating little shirts that he cannot yet comprehend.
By Kathleen Radigan
El Chapo Refuses Shared Prison Cell with Steve Bannon
The ex-kingpin said that he was speaking “out of an abundance of caution.”
By Andy Borowitz
Life in the Facebook Metaverse
Nazi propaganda, fraud, imagery with visible human female nipple—there was danger around every corner.
By Charlie Dektar
How to Care for Your Bigfoot: A Guide
If you want Bigfoot to respond to obedience training, you must make a convincing alpha.
By Amanda Lehr
Fiction & Poetry
“The Umbrella”
“When she was half asleep, a strange desire came drifting into her consciousness: If only I had an umbrella, she thought.”
By Tove Ditlevsen
“Spring Recalled in Spring”
“Open the book, but the page cracks. / Take your arm, but it’s gone.”
By Sandy Solomon
On Translating Tove Ditlevsen
A conversation with Michael Favala Goldman, who translated Ditlevsen’s short story in this week’s issue.
By Deborah Treisman
“Continuity”
“Before getting into the cab, she hands him a cup. / Then, after they kiss, she hands him the cup again.”
By Terrance Hayes